Peanut Butter Cookies and (Shrunken) Shrimp Salad

(Thursday, July 18) Reversing my car down the driveway as I headed to the grocery store this morning, I backed into the 64-gallon recycling bin that I’d wheeled out for pick-up last night, knocking it over and sending milk cartons, empty jam jars, wine bottles, and garbanzo bean cans clattering into the street. The noise…

Shrimp and Basil Pasta

I keep a couple of bags of shrimp in the freezer just so I can make this recipe on days I’m trying to avoid the grocery store, like senior citizen discount Tuesdays. I also make it because it’s so good. Now, to produce this on a whim requires just a little forethought, which takes some…